CAS: 9004-32-4
Carboxy Methyl Cellulose(CMC) is also named as Sodium Carboxy Methyl Cellulose,is easy soluble in both cold and hot water. It provides good properties of thickening, water retention, film-forming, rheology and lubricity, which enable CMC cover a wind range of applications like food, personal care products, industrial paints, ceramics, oil drilling, building materials etc.
Typical properties
| Appearance | White to off-white powder |
| Particle size | 95% pass 80 mesh |
| Degree of substitution | 0.7-1.5 |
| PH value | 6.0~8.5 |
| Purity (%) | 92min, 97min, 99.5min |
Popular grades
| Application | Typical grade | Viscosity (Brookfield, LV, 2%Solu) | Viscosity (Brookfield LV, mPa.s, 1%Solu) | Dgree of Substitution | Purity |
| For Paint | CMC FP5000 | 5000-6000 | 0.75-0.90 | 97%min | |
| CMC FP6000 | 6000-7000 | 0.75-0.90 | 97%min | ||
| CMC FP7000 | 7000-7500 | 0.75-0.90 | 97%min | ||
| For Pharma&food | CMC FM1000 | 500-1500 | 0.75-0.90 | 99.5%min | |
| CMC FM2000 | 1500-2500 | 0.75-0.90 | 99.5%min | ||
| CMC FG3000 | 2500-5000 | 0.75-0.90 | 99.5%min | ||
| CMC FG5000 | 5000-6000 | 0.75-0.90 | 99.5%min | ||
| CMC FG6000 | 6000-7000 | 0.75-0.90 | 99.5%min | ||
| CMC FG7000 | 7000-7500 | 0.75-0.90 | 99.5%min | ||
| For detergent | CMC FD7 | 6-50 | 0.45-0.55 | 55%min | |
| For Toothpaste | CMC TP1000 | 1000-2000 | 0.95min | 99.5%min | |
| For Ceramic | CMC FC1200 | 1200-1300 | 0.8-1.0 | 92%min | |
| For oil field | CMC LV | 70max | 0.9min | ||
| CMC HV | 2000max | 0.9min |
Application
| Types of Uses | Specific Applications | Properties Utilized |
| Paint | latex paint | Thickening and Water-binding |
| Food | Ice cream Bakery products |
Thickening and stabilizing stabilizing |
| Oil drilling | Drilling Fluids Completion Fluids |
Thickening, water retention Thickening, water retention |
Packaging:
CMC Product is packed in three layer paper bag with inner polyethylene bag reinforced , net weight is 25kg per bag.
Storage:
Keep it in cool dry warehouse,away from moisture, sun,fire,rain.